Thorold de Pont-Audemer

Thorold (Turold) de Pont-Audemer († strangled after 1040) was a Norman nobleman from the early years of the Duchy of Normandy . He is one of the founding fathers of the Beaumont family .

Thorold was the son of Torf and married to a sister of Gunnora (see also FitzOsbern ), the lover or wife of Duke Richard I of Normandy . Her sons were Onfroi de Vieilles , the father of Roger de Beaumont , and probably also another (another) Roger, mentioned around 1060.

Thorold therefore belonged to the immediate circle of the Norman dukes, was an uncle of Duke Richard II. He is mentioned as Turaldus in a document that is dated to 1035. In addition, he is referred to as the tutor of the young Duke Wilhelm II , who died in his first years in office.

Remarks

↑ Detlev Schwennicke , European Family Tables Volume III.4 (1989), Plate 700
↑ Wilhelm von Jumièges reports that Gunnora had three sisters, Sainfria, Wewa and Avelina and adds that Wewa was married to Turulfi de Ponte-Audomari , the son of Torf. Both sons were Onfroi de Vieilles, the father of Roger the Beaumont. Humfridum de Vetulis patrem Rogerii de Bellomonte , Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ, André Duchesne , Historiae Normanorum scriptores antiqui, 1619, Liber VIII, XXXVII, p. 312; Schwennicke indicates on plate 400 "NN" as his wife, on plate 695, which deals with Gunnora's family, but Duvalina (Avelina), while he sees Wévie (Wewa) as the wife of Osbern de Bolbec, the progenitor of the Giffard family

↑ Rogerius filius Toraldi in a document, which is dated 1060, Leopold Delisle (1867), PiÃ¨ces justificatives, 31, p 34; that Thorold von Saint-Audemer is Roger's father is not certain, but no other person with this name is known

↑ Delisle (1867), Pièces justificatives, 12, p. 12, citing Gallia Christiana XI, instr. Col. 200.

↑ Wilhelm von Jumièges notes that Turoldus teneri ducis pædagogus was killed, the name of the duke and the times are derived from the context, Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Duchesne, 1619), Liber VII, II, p. 268.

personal data
SURNAME	Thorold de Pont-Audemer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Thorold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	10th century or 11th century
DATE OF DEATH	after 1040

[1] Detlev Schwennicke , European Family Tables Volume III.4 (1989), Plate 700

[2] Wilhelm von Jumièges reports that Gunnora had three sisters, Sainfria, Wewa and Avelina and adds that Wewa was married to Turulfi de Ponte-Audomari , the son of Torf. Both sons were Onfroi de Vieilles, the father of Roger the Beaumont. Humfridum de Vetulis patrem Rogerii de Bellomonte , Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ, André Duchesne , Historiae Normanorum scriptores antiqui, 1619, Liber VIII, XXXVII, p. 312; Schwennicke indicates on plate 400 "NN" as his wife, on plate 695, which deals with Gunnora's family, but Duvalina (Avelina), while he sees Wévie (Wewa) as the wife of Osbern de Bolbec, the progenitor of the Giffard family

[3] Rogerius filius Toraldi in a document, which is dated 1060, Leopold Delisle (1867), PiÃ¨ces justificatives, 31, p 34; that Thorold von Saint-Audemer is Roger's father is not certain, but no other person with this name is known

[4] Delisle (1867), Pièces justificatives, 12, p. 12, citing Gallia Christiana XI, instr. Col. 200.

[5] Wilhelm von Jumièges notes that Turoldus teneri ducis pædagogus was killed, the name of the duke and the times are derived from the context, Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Duchesne, 1619), Liber VII, II, p. 268.